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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Brentford and Chiswick 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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E.— TUBERCULOSIS.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| 1 to 5 years | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| 5 „ 15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 15 „ 25 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | - | — |
| 25 „ 35 | 11 | 13 | — | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — |
| 35 „ 45 | 8 | 4 | — | - | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| 45 „ 55 | 8 | 5 | — | - | 4 | 2 | - | — |
| 55 ,, 65 ,, | 7 | 1 | — | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 65 and over | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | .- |
| Totals | 49 | 42 | 4 | 7 | 49 | 42 | 3 | 3 |
The foregoing tables serve to show the incidence of the
notifiable diseases during the year, and a study of these does
not indicate that the year was in any way abnormal when the
population of the district is taken into consideration.
The work of providing adequate isolation hospital accommodation
for the residents of the Borough has received the
careful consideration of the Joint Hospitals Committee and
ample provision of such accommodation is to be made in the
near future.
Dealing with the individual diseases notified:—
(a) Scarlet Fever.
The number of cases of this disease are considerably less
than those occuring in the two previous years and shows an
attack rate of 3.58 per 1,000 of the population. No deaths
were attributable to this disease, and of the 225 cases notified
188, or nearly 84 per cent., received hospital treatment.
(b) Diphtheria.
The number of cases of this disease also showed a falling
off from the previous year. Actually 62 notifications were
received, 55 patients, or nearly 89 per cent., were treated in
hospital and the attack rate per 1,000 of the population was